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1835–45; < Neo-Latin, orig. coined as a genus name < Greek strobī́lē a plug of lint shaped like a fir cone; see strobilus
1835–45; < Neo-Latin, orig. coined as a genus name < Greek strobī́lē a plug of lint shaped like a fir cone; see strobilus
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| —n , pl -bilae | |
| 1. | the body of a tapeworm, consisting of a string of similar segments (proglottides) |
| 2. | a less common name for scyphistoma |
| [C19: from New Latin, from Greek strobilē plug of lint twisted into a cone shape, from strobilos a fir cone] | |
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strobila stro·bi·la (strō-bī'lə)
n. pl. stro·bi·lae (-lē)
The segmented main body part of the adult tapeworm.
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